Shocked but helpless was the state of the Secretary General at the South West Region Governors Office, Clement Fon Ndikum from the North West Region.

He sat in the meeting held on Thursday February 2, 2017 at Mountain Hotel Buea, representing the governor for the first half of a gathering purportedly championed by former Prime Minister Peter Mafany Musonge dubbed the South West Elite Forum, what many consider as a break-away from the South West Elites Association, SWELA, whose stance on the Anglophone problem has never favored the regime.
Cameroons lone English daily, The Guardian Post reports that several speakers took to the rostrum to blast North Westerners in what they consider as the master minders of the ongoing strike action in the two regions.
Former Prime Minister Peter Mafany Musonge chastised the North West Population saying that it is time for South Westerners to take their destinies into their hands. According to him they are being controlled and could become slaves tomorrow if Federation is finally given because the North West man is a fighter.
The Newspaper further reveals that Chief Ebako Atem told participants that Ghost Towns in the two regions, Teachers and Lawyers Strikes are being spearheaded by North Westerners.
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Buea Dr Nalova Lyonga on her part is quoted as saying North Westerners are the main cause of series of strike actions in the University of Buea.
Senator Chief Tabe Tando made the big revelation of the day when he said it was South West Elites who advised Government to shut down internet in the two English speaking regions.
Calls were made for Children to go back to school and for non respect of the Ghost Town. Speakers maintained that North Westerners can stay for long without eating contrary to the people of the South West region, they insisted that South Populace are peace loving ,obedient and not used to hard life.
Some Pressmen who took part in the meeting said it was an embarrassment to the SG of the South West region and entire North Westerners present in the gathering.
Observers hold that the speech was well cooked in Yaoundé to puncture the bond existing between the people of the two regions and subsequently destroying the strike action by putting both regions at loggerheads.